Senior army officer convicted over Colombia disappearances

Thursday 10 June 2010 Luis Alfonso Plazas Vega faces 30 years in prison for the disappearance of 11 people in 1985 during a hostage situation at the Palace of Justice in Bogotá, which left over 100 dead. Amnesty International has called on the Colombian authorities to ensure justice for all victims of a 1985 hostage situation at the Palace of Justice in Bogotá, which left over 100 people dead, following Wednesday's landmark sentencing of a senior army officer for human rights violations. "With this groundbreaking ruling the victims' families, who for almost a quarter of a century have…

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